Who was walking on the beach?: Anaphora resolution in Spanish heritage speakers and adult second language learners

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-221

  Keating, Gregory D ^a   Vanpatten, Bill ^b   Jegerski, Jill ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79956151609     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263110000732     Document Type: Article

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